Interview Excerpt: Big Macintosh, former Sergeant Major, Equestrian Marine Corps
Ain’t much ta tell, really. Bein’ a Marine ain’t much different from bein’ a farmer in a lotta ways. Both gotta plow. Only difference is, one’s through fields, the other’s through barbed wire.
It’s simple. Set objective; make plan; execute; repeat. Keep doin’ that till the job’s done. In an orchard, that means the harvest is done. In a war, that means the enemy’s surrendered. Or they’re all dead. One o’ the two.
Yeah, Ah reckon Ah did my duty. Had some good times. Had some bad ones too. Made more friends than Ah could count. Lost too many of ‘em.
Some ponies call me a ‘hero,’ but Ah’m just a Marine. A Marine’s expected ta do a good job, an’ mah folks didn’t raise us to live by half measures. So Ah did my job the best Ah could.
That don’t make me a hero any more than any other Marine. Ya just do what ya gotta do, Ah reckon.